President Biden needs cooperation from church leaders

Catholics and President Biden can find common ground for the common good.

It’s no surprise that the nation’s most prominent Catholic, Joe Biden, has become the focus of episcopal consternation as the church’s intracultural war over pro-choice politicians and communion flares anew. His elevation to the presidency marks only the second time a U.S. Catholic has managed the big move to Pennsylvania Avenue.

Most Americans are still adjusting to the revival of normalism in Washington with a new president who seems determined to remain out of newspaper headlines and Twitter wars except when actual policy is under discussion. The Democratic Party’s pro-choice platform will remain a painful source of discord, but as the Biden administration passed its first 100 days in April, there were signs of clear opportunities for fruitful collaboration on other issues of enormous domestic and global importance.

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